Their community, versus your brand
Clipnote vs Skool
Skool is a community product with courses attached. The community is genuinely good; the course sits on their domain, in their layout, with their name on it.
Skool pricing shown is their published rate, last checked August 2026.
Side by side
| Clipnote | Skool | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your course lives | Your own domain, your colours, type and logo. | skool.com/your-group, in their layout. |
| Cut of what you sell | 0%. | 10% on the starter tier. |
| Recording a lesson | Built in. Hit record in the browser or the Mac app and the lesson is already in the course. | Record somewhere else, export the file, then upload it. |
| Community and discussion | Per-lesson questions students can ask in context. Not a forum. | A full community feed — the core of the product. |
| Re-recording lesson 7 | Record over it in one click. The lesson keeps its place, its link and its student progress. | Re-record, re-export, re-upload, then put it back in order. |
When Skool is the better answer
If the community is the product — the daily discussion, the leaderboard, the feed — Skool is built for that and we aren't. We host and sell courses; we don't run a forum.
Questions
Can I run a community too?
Not in the way Skool does. Clipnote has per-lesson questions so a student can ask where they got stuck, and you answer in context. If you want a feed, a leaderboard and daily discussion, that's Skool's product.
Why does my own domain matter?
Because the audience you build is yours. On your own domain the traffic, the search results and the brand accrue to you rather than to the platform.
What does the revenue share cost?
10% of $10,000 in sales is $1,000. Clipnote takes 0% on every plan — you pay $7/month and Stripe's processing fee.
Record a lesson and see
25recordings free, no card. If the workflow doesn’t feel better than exporting and uploading, nothing is lost.
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